The World Baseball Classic is back in 2026. Here's everything you need to know about Team Australia.

Here's a look at the broadcasting information for Japan and Australia's WBC game.

The World Baseball Classic gets underway on Thursday with a couple of underdogs in action, as Australia takes on Chinese Taipei in Tokyo. The World Baseball Classic is back for the first time since 2023.

Australia and Chinese Taipei opened the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Check out all the highlights.

The Australian team is chock-full of lifers, the vast majority of whom played on the squad that upset Korea in 2023. Players who are part of the country’s baseball fabric. But Bazzana, simply by his status as a No. 1 pick, represents the face of baseball on the continent, its next great hope.

Masataka Yoshida’s seventh-inning two-run homer lifted Japan past Australia 4-3, sending the defending champions into the WBC quarterfinals.

Australia and Czechia faced off in each team's second game of the 2026 WBC.

During the World Baseball Classic, Australia's pitcher Connor MacDonald's stellar three scoreless innings against Japan captivated viewers, but it was his brother Callum's emotional reactions from the stands that stole the show.